This month's Read Aloud: No Talking by Andrew Clements
Reference Point!Throughout the year we will be learning how to use various reference books. These will include: the dictionary
the encyclopedia
the thesaurus
the atlas
the almanac
February and March Reference Book: Atlas (print) and Online Encyclopedia
Students will learn:
How to use the Index to find a country
How to read/understand maps
Create a map of a country
Research facts about the country
December Reference Book: General Encyclopedia
Organized alphabetically
Guide words Using an index
November Reference Book: Dictionary
Organized alphabetically
Uses: spelling, definitions, syllabication, parts of speech, pronunciation, word origin
Guide words
This month's Read Aloud: Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes September's Lessons
We kicked off this year reviewing how to find a book using our online catalog. Our next goal was to create a map of our library to help us learn the sections of the library. Now we are putting these two skills together to practice finding books using Keyword, Subject, Title and Author searches, writing the call number down and then using the map to find the book. This scavenger hunt project will take 2 weeks.
Collaborating--Extending the lesson
Deconstructing the Golden Gate BridgeThe History Channel
This month's Read Aloud: No Talking by Andrew Clements
Reference Point!Throughout the year we will be learning how to use various reference books. These will include:the dictionary
the encyclopedia
the thesaurus
the atlas
the almanac
February and March Reference Book: Atlas (print) and Online Encyclopedia
Students will learn:
How to use the Index to find a country
How to read/understand maps
Create a map of a country
Research facts about the country
December Reference Book: General Encyclopedia
Organized alphabetically
Guide words
Using an index
November Reference Book: Dictionary
Organized alphabetically
Uses: spelling, definitions, syllabication, parts of speech, pronunciation, word origin
Guide words
This month's Read Aloud: Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen ManesSeptember's Lessons
We kicked off this year reviewing how to find a book using our online catalog. Our next goal was to create a map of our library to help us learn the sections of the library. Now we are putting these two skills together to practice finding books using Keyword, Subject, Title and Author searches, writing the call number down and then using the map to find the book. This scavenger hunt project will take 2 weeks.
Collaborating--Extending the lesson
Deconstructing the Golden Gate BridgeThe History Channel
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